Margaret Kimberley

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they have resisted with either words or blows or with both. The…

The South will rise again, and again and again. There is no end in sight to the effort to redeem the Confederacy and promote white racism and supremacy. Our late and now endlessly lamented 40th president, Ronald Reagan, began his campaign for president in Philadelphia, Mississippi by calling for “states rights.” He then gave a…

“They have made common cause with the left-wing and Islamist antiwar movements in this country and in Europe. They deny and excuse terror. They espouse a potentially self-fulfilling defeatism. They publicize wild conspiracy theories. And some of them explicitly yearn for the victory of their nation’s enemies.” – “Unpatriotic Conservatives,” National Review, April 7, 2003…

There aren’t a lot of rich black people. This obvious no-brainer was presented to the reading public as though it was a great revelation. Only the New York Times can get away with making an obvious statement, miss its true importance, plaster it on the front page and then act as though they have made…

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! – Matthew 23:24 It is indeed true that Black Americans are very spiritually minded people. We are more likely to invite friends or acquaintances to church or offer to say a prayer in a time of crisis. The church was the institution we…

Once again credit has to be given where it is due. The Bush administration propaganda machine is flexing its cut, bulging, muscles. Just when it appears that the Bush team is down for the count they change the subject, distract an already complacent media and a hypnotized public, get off the mat and then return…

“Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed Who told 4000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers To stay home that day” – from “Somebody Blew up America” by Amiri Baraka. “Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to…

The President, his top aides, and members of Congress seemed to be delusional. They said that Iraqis would want the United States military to occupy their country, drop 500-pound bombs on their homes, and allow their country to be used as a cash cow for Halliburton and other corporations. It was hard to understand how…

Anyone foolish enough to vote for an Orwellian titled law, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act), should not be allowed to run for dog catcher in Dogpatch. The White House, United States Senate, and House of Representatives should certainly be off limits to anyone…